Very troubled; distressed
using or containing too many words
in an on-the-surface manner, not thoroughly
having to do with the issue at hand; relevant
clearly expressed; easily understood
truly sorry for having done wrong; repentant
well proportioned; balanced; the same on both sides
an expert in fine art or in matters of taste
a situation marked by difficulty, hardship, or misfortune
a secret plot by two or more people, especially for a harmful or illegal
purpose
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Samuel johnson believed that literature should appeal mainly to the scholar, to him the common man, to teach him the common man, to teach and him the king and the parliament

He leaned his head against the wall; his eyes were shut, his hands clasped in each other, and his body seemed to be sustained in an upright position merely by the cellar-door against which he rested his left shoulder. the lethargy into which he was sunk seemed scarcely interrupted by my feeling his hand and his forehead. his throbbing temples and burning skin indicated a fever . . there was only one circumstance that hindered me from forming an immediate determination in what manner this person should be treated. my family consisted of my wife and a young child. our servant-maid had been seized, three days before, by the reigning malady, and, at her own request, had been conveyed to the hospital. we ourselves enjoyed good health, and were hopeful of escaping with our lives. our measures for this end had been cautiously taken and carefully adhered to. they did not consist in avoiding the receptacles of infection, for my office required me to go daily into the midst of them; nor in filling the house with the exhalations of gunpowder, vinegar, or tar. they consisted in cleanliness, reasonable exercise, and wholesome diet. who is the story’s first-person narrator

What pilgrim is portrayed as immoral and avaricious in the canturbury tales?